While many of life's mysteries remain unsolved, every biologist can describe the basic processes performed by a living organism, including energy use, reproduction, growth and development. While these ...

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A tiny bubble of lipids, enzymes and DNA has done something biologists have chased for years: it carried out a full cycle of ...

The lab-made cell can grow, copy its DNA, and divide but cannot survive independently or be considered fully alive, ...

In a study published in Science, USC researchers paired a biological discovery with an engineering feat to create more ...

Created from 150 components, including lipids, ribosomes, enzymes, and DNA, in the lab. At the core of the design are 36 ...